Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)

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Harry Potter is almost a series of threaded vignettes which create a beautiful mosaic of storytelling at a phenomenal level. Large format red hardback(blue lettering to the spine,two small dents on the edges of the cover, small nick on the edges of the front cover) with DJ (a couple of small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition. Copyright page shows: Joanne Rowling, picture of young Dumbledore at the back of the cover, Winner of The 1997 Smarties Gold Award displayed on the edge of the front cover.

The screenplays were published to coincide with each film’s release: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Original Screenplay (2016), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - The Complete Screenplay (2022). A notably early article by Rowling recounting her experiences reading Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Exeter, printed in the journal of the Department of Classics and Ancient History. Inspired by the original companion volume, it was the first in a series of new adventures featuring wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander. In addition to a bright dust jacket emblazoned with a removable silver sticker, readers will discover a wealth of celebratory bonus content inside.

In 2000, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and in 2001, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won said award. Just over a year after the first book in the Harry Potter series was published, Bloomsbury released Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on 2 July 1998. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "to Ella, Hope you enjoy this book!

Dazzling illustrations by award-winning artist Jim Kay overflow with rich detail, spectacular colour and humour, perfectly complementing J. K. Rowling has received many other awards and honours, including France’s Legion d’Honneur, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award and Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen Award. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is renowned as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him.This scarce Bloomsbury paperback edition has the First Issue points "The Wendy Cooling blurb to the front board" the word "wand" appears twice on page 53" the word "Philosopher's is misspelled "Philospher's" to the back cover and the words "Wizardry and Witchcraft" later changed to Witchcraft and Wizardry on later editions. Despite its small print run, the book was an immediate success, and went through dozens of print runs within the first few years after publication. The book has been signed directly to the page by Author JK Rowling with a beautiful early example of her signature without inscription or dedication. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Ollie, hope you like this one too! It introduces both Harry and readers alike to the secret, magical world of witches and wizards in Great Britain.

Brimming with magical delights and spellbinding scenes, our deluxe edition invites fans new and old to discover the wizarding tale as never before. When I first read the Harry Potter books in the early 2000's, I felt the Dursley's were so disgustingly over-the-top I thought it was the one weakness of the novels. The fourth impression is sufficiently early to feature the original wizard on the rear cover and, of bibliographical interest, the gap be.

First published in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter heptalogy. One of just 5015 copies produced, the true first edition of this book has become increasingly difficult to find in good condition. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The series of seven books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, making them the best-selling book series in history, and have been translated into seventy-three languages. While, sure, the Dursley's are just about as crass a family as you'll ever read in children's literature, the Dursley's serve to keep pushing the story further.